Working from an encyclopedic knowledge of primates throughout human history, Colin Groves provides a quick-reading narrative that serves equally well as an introduction for new students or an illuminating refresher for experienced researchers. Supporting its easy flow are decades of research; a lifetime of scholarship has been expertly condensed into a survey of primates in Wes...(展开全部)

“Lauren Berlant’s arguments are both politically challenging and deeply satisfying. They force you to reset your political compass in order to see and act in the world anew. It’s Berlant at their most brilliant, full of treasures to discover.” — Michael Hardt, coauthor of Assembly “This book is as magisterial as it is nonpretentious. With attention to detail and a sensitivity t...(展开全部)

In On the Inconvenience of Other People Lauren Berlant continues their exploration of our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Eme...(展开全部)

“Lauren Berlant’s arguments are both politically challenging and deeply satisfying. They force you to reset your political compass in order to see and act in the world anew. It’s Berlant at their most brilliant, full of treasures to discover.” — Michael Hardt, coauthor of Assembly “This book is as magisterial as it is nonpretentious. With attention to detail and a sensitivity t...(展开全部)

In On the Inconvenience of Other People Lauren Berlant continues their exploration of our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Eme...(展开全部)

This is a brilliant new collection of stories from a much loved and highly praised author. It presents stories for people who've grown up being told time is running out and don't want it to. How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, after all, just be chance and coincidence? In a...(展开全部)

琳达·德·莱尔，毕业于牛津大学，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，都铎王朝和斯图亚特王朝领域的知名作者，因其扎实严谨的历史研究和强大的叙事写作能力备受赞誉。 作品《查理一世：内战之火与英国王权的变革，1625—1649》（White King: The Tragedy of Ch arles I）荣获2018年历史作家协会（Historical Writers Association）非虚构写作皇冠奖（Non-fiction Crown）。琳达·德·莱尔曾是《旁观者》、《乡村生活》、《卫报》和《星期日和每日快报》 的专栏作家，也为《每日邮报》、《新政治家》和《星期日电讯报》撰稿。

琳达·德·莱尔，毕业于牛津大学，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，都铎王朝和斯图亚特王朝领域的知名作者，因其扎实严谨的历史研究和强大的叙事写作能力备受赞誉。 作品《查理一世：内战之火与英国王权的变革，1625—1649》（White King: The Tragedy of Ch arles I）荣获2018年历史作家协会（Historical Writers Association）非虚构写作皇冠奖（Non-fiction Crown）。琳达·德·莱尔曾是《旁观者》、《乡村生活》、《卫报》和《星期日和每日快报》 的专栏作家，也为《每日邮报》、《新政治家》和《星期日电讯报》撰稿。

约翰•邓恩（John Dunn），剑桥大学国王学院荣誉教授，著名政治理论家，现代西方思想史研究领域中声名卓著的剑桥学派代表人物之一，被誉为“他那一代中最具有原创性和重要性的思想家”，其成名研究是洛克政治思想研究。他和同事昆廷•斯金纳、约翰•波科克等人一起，强调要通过详细的历史研究方法，在历史的语境中来阐明和重构政治思想家在从事撰述时真实的政治意图，从而为政治理论的研究开辟了新的局面。著有《民主的历程》、《失去理智的狡诈：对政治的理解》、《约翰•洛克的政治思想》等。